January 2000

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January 1- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted.
January 1- Unification of Szeged's universities, called University of Szeged.
January 5-January 8 - The 2000 al-Qaeda Summit
January 10 - America On-line announces an agreement to buy Time Warner for $162 billion. This is the largest-ever corporate merger.
January 11 - The trawler Solway Harvester sinks off the Isle of Man.
January 14 - A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats up to 25 years for the 1993
January 14 - Sport Club Corinthians Paulista from Brazil became the first FIFA Club World Championship winner.
January 16 - In Sacramento, California, a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the state capitol building killing the driver.
January 19- Three students died and 54 were injured in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University. Two students were charged with murder and arson for allegedly setting the fire.
January 30 - The Super Bowl XXXIV took place at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. The half time adverts featured seventeen dot-com companies (most memorably pets.com) that each paid over $2 million for a 30-second spot.
January 31 - Dr Harold Shipman is sentenced to life in prison for murder of at least 15 of his patients out of 365 suspected victims.

Sweden disestablishes the Church of Sweden as the official state religion.

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